ချစ်သူ
hkyacsu/t͡ɕʰɪʔθù/
The Burmese phrase for "my love" is ချစ်သူ (hkyacsu).
ချစ်သူ is a noun used to identify a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship, functioning similarly to "lover" or "sweetheart" in English. In everyday speech, it is typically used as a noun to describe the person rather than as a direct vocative to call out to them (such as saying "my love" directly to their face).
How does it change in a sentence?
When you want to say "my love" specifically, the form changes based on the gender of the speaker. A male speaker should use ကျွန်တော့်ရဲ့ ချစ်သူ, while a female speaker should use ကျွန်မရဲ့ ချစ်သူ.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is hkyacsu and the IPA is /tɕʰɪʔθù/.
Did you know?
- While ချစ်သူ refers to a romantic partner, Burmese speakers often use the term အသည်း meaning 'liver' to express the deepest possible love, as the liver is seen as the seat of emotion rather than the heart.
- The gender-specific pronouns used to say 'my love', ကျွန်တော် for males and ကျွန်မ for females, literally translate to 'your servant' or 'your slave'.
- In traditional Burmese society, couples rarely used ချစ်သူ or other romantic terms in public, instead using kinship terms like 'older brother' or 'older sister' to hide their relationship from elders.
Examples in context
- ကျွန်မရဲ့ ချစ်သူက အလုပ်ရှုပ်နေတယ်။kyan ma ye chit thu ka a lote shut nay de.My lover is busy with work.
Example conversation
A couple is talking about their relationship to a friend.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawခိုင်ခိုင်က မင်းရဲ့ ချစ်သူလား။khaing-khaing ga min ye chit-thu larIs Khaing Khaing your love?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineဟုတ်တယ်၊ သူက ကျွန်မရဲ့ ချစ်သူပါ။hote tal, thu ga kyun-ma ye chit-thu parYes, she is my love.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawမင်းတို့နှစ်ယောက် အရမ်းလိုက်ဖက်တာပဲ။min-toe hnit-yauk ayan lite-phet tar palYou two look great together.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် ဇော်ဇော်။kyay-zoo tin par tal zaw-zawThank you, Zaw Zaw.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry ချစ်သူ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
